1、专业八级-1032 及答案解析(总分：94.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、PART LISTENING COM(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、SECTION A(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Complete the gap-filling task. Some of the gaps below may require a maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are. both grammatically semantically acceptable. You may refer to your n
2、otes.Serf-discipline: the Foundation of Productive Living. Issues to be noticed at the thought of serf-disciplineA. Troubles for some people to become more productiveB. The reason: lacking of (1) to start withC. Multiple meanings of serf-discipline in different fields:the ability and (2) in terms of
3、 productivity the ability to change habits in personal developmentthe ability to get up and practice by (3) the power to act on ideas by speaker. The steps to become productiveA. Start small, work (4) the importance of implementationthe comparison between it and the use of musclea. more failure, les
4、s motivation, difficult to solve problemsb. start developing it by (5) small problemsc. the strength of it increases graduallyd. similar process to (6) a habit rather than overcoming B. Meanwhile, the importance of accountability and its remedial therapyrebuilding the (7) of muscle without assistanc
5、edifferently, people need outside help to gain it againothers keep you (8) for each action and give you helpa. they are to be present in your daily life and workb. for instance: partner, family, (9) , etc . ConclusionA. A lot of talks about the (10) to get things done and implement systems they have
6、 memorizedB. But serf-discipline remains to be the foundation of living productively.（分数：10.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_三、SECTION B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)(1).Whats Miss Patty Chings problem?A. To be a keen photographer is too costly.B. She has to develop 10 rolls
7、 of films.C. All her films were vanished.D. After the trip, she was too tired to choose a good photo service.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to Denis, if we want to get the consumers right, we should _.A. spend more moneyB. complain to the managerC. fight for themD. wait for a sale（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3
8、).The Consumer of the Month is _.A. DenisB. WendyC. PattyD. Alvin（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).When the store had a sale, the belt which Mr. Alvin Lok liked priced at _.A. $100B. $150C. $20OD. $300（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which of the following items is true?A. Miss Patty Chings tour lasted 3 weeks.B. Top-class
9、Photo services compensated Miss Ching because the judge ordered them to pay compensation.C. According to Wendy, the problem with sale prices is that the reductions may not be enough.D. Mr. Alvin Lok was surprised because at the sale the price of the belt had reduced by only fifty dollars.（分数：1.00）A.
10、B.C.D.四、SECTION C(总题数：3，分数：6.00)(1).The general election will be held on _.A. Friday B. Wednesday C. Thursday D. Monday（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Mail and Telegraph endorsed _.A. Tony Blair B. William Hague C. the Liberal Democrats D. Labor Party（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.1.If Rene Prevals supporters exceeded 50% o
11、f the total voters, he wouldA. surpass another candidate. B. be the president of Haiti.C. avoid a second round runoff. D. defeat his rival in the first round.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).What did Yasukuni shrine claim?A. It claimed that the 40 Class-A war criminals were no longer war criminals in Japan.B. I
12、t claimed that the Far East Sentence was not just.C. The war criminals should be no longer regarded as criminals.D. The government should not grant pensions to criminals.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which statement was not true?A. Japan had revised related laws to grant pension to the family of these convic
13、ted war criminals.B. Some people at home and abroad called Yasukuni to establish new memorial to separate war criminals from ordinary war deadC. Koizumi took office in 2001.D. Yasukuni hadnt make response to the call of separating war criminals from ordinary dead.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What can you le
14、arn about Yasukuni from the news?A. Japans Prime Minister pays annual visit to itB. It is urging Japanese politicians to continual visitsC. Many Asian country strongly protest establish new memorial for the war deadD. Koizumi is in favor of separating the war criminals from ordinary dead（分数：1.00）A.B
15、.C.D.五、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、TEXT A(总题数：1，分数：4.00)In May 1995, Andrew Lloyd Webber, creator of a string of international hit musicals and a very wealthy man, spent U.S. 29.2 million on Picassos “Portrait of Angel Fernanders de Soto“. It was the highest price paid at auction for a painti
16、ng since the art market crashed in 1990.Lloyd Webber has a theory that Picassos Blue Period paintings were influenced by Burne-Jones, the British Pre-Raphaelite master whose international reputation stood high at the turn of the century. The theory is not shared by many art historians, but that does
17、nt matter to the composer. He had been looking for a Blue Period Picasso for some time.It is now extremely hard to come by Blue Period Picassos- figurative works that are drenched in melancholy, expressed by a dominant use of blue. Blue Period subjects par excellence are mothers and children or harl
18、equins; Lloyd Webbers purchase is not the most attractive of them. He paid roughly double what the picture was worth. He seems to have got carried away when the bidding started to climb.The Picasso was one of the two highest prices of the 1994-1995 auction season, and help illustrate what has been h
19、appening in this curious market. The very rich have got their confidence back, which has meant that buyers can be found for works of really outstanding quality and, very occasionally, bidding battles have driven prices back to their 1989-1990 levels.The 1980s boom collapsed in 1990. After several fa
20、lse dawns there are now signs that serious recovery has begun. More than an expansion of the market, however, it reflects the relative weakness of the American dollar, the currency in which most art deals are transacted. Collectors from countries with stronger currencies have been finding dollar pri
21、ces cheap.The middle market is still fairly weak. It is not unusual for up to half the lots on offer at a Christies or Sothebys sale to be left unsold. Dealers, as opposed to auctioneers, are still finding it hard to make a living and seldom buy for stock. The auctioneers have tried to replace them
22、by encouraging private people to buy directly at auction and more of them are doing this. But private buying is unpredictable and cannot underpin the market in the way dealer buying used to. Private individuals buy what they want; they dont bid on everything that is going cheap.Overall, the nature o
23、f the market is changing. In the 1980s art was bought as a speculation: buy in April, sell for double the price in September. This mentality vanished with the 1990 collapse, but the very rich and their financial advisors still take the view that it is sensible to keep a percentage of your investment
24、 portfolio in art. It is this kind of money that creates the fancy prices at the top end of the market.Geographically, the present recovery has been led by North America. Normally a major recession, such as was experienced in the United States, results in a shift of taste. But the Americans liked Im
25、pressionist and classic modern pictures best before the market collapse and that is what they have been coming back to. It is currently the strongest sector of the picture market. Contemporary and Old Master markets are still struggling and there are few buyers for Victorian pictures, apart from Llo
26、yd Webber.Besides Europe and America, however, there is now a growing market in the East. Indeed, the East has become the great hope of hard-pressed dealers over the last three years they have been aiming to find new buyers in Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China.There are more rich
27、connoisseurs in Japan than anywhere else but they have not been in a buying mood. Japanese speculators lost huge amounts of money in the 1990s crash and there are few collectors who dare to buy any works of art today. The market in Chinese ceramics, works of art, jade jewelry and old and modern brus
28、h paintings is now dominated worldwide by wealthy collectors from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. The huge volume of excavated art that is smuggled out of China has dramatically weakened the archaeological end of this market but rarities, especially the late imperial porcelains, are selling well. T
29、here have even been two or three successful auctions inside China since 1994. The local millionaires are beginning to put their money into art.（分数：4.00）(1).Which of the following does NOT account for the current boom in the art market?A. The American dollar has become weaker against some major curre
30、ncies.B. The very rich wish to put part of their investment in art.C. The very rich have regained their confidence.D. Dealers buying is growing strong.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What does the author say about the North American market?A. The American buyers of pictures have not changed their taste.B. The
31、middle market remains strong.C. The Americans buy art as a speculation.D. It is experiencing a major recession.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Collectors from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore would most likely buy _.A. impressionistic paintings B. Ming Dynasty imperial tea setsC. excavated works of art D. Blue
32、Period Picassos（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4)._ has the most potential art buyers.A. America B. Hong KongC. Japan D. India（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.七、TEXT B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)In recent years American society has become increasingly dependent on its universities to find solutions to its major problems. It is the universiti
33、es that have been charged with the principal responsibility for developing the expertise to place men on the moon; for dealing with our urban problems and with our deteriorating environment; for developing the means to feed the worlds rapidly increasing population. The effort involved in meeting the
34、se demands presents its own problems. In addition, however, this concentration on the creation of new knowledge significantly impinges on the universities efforts to perform their other principal functions, the transmission and interpretation of knowledge-the imparting of the heritage of the past an
35、d the preparing of the next generation to carry it forward.With regard to this, perhaps their most traditionally sanctioned task, colleges and universities today find themselves in a serious bind generally. On the one hand, there is the American commitment, entered into especially since World War I,
36、 to provide higher education for all young people who can profit from it. The result of the commitment has been a dramatic rise in enrollments in our universities, coupled with a radical shift from the private to the public sector of higher education. On the other hand, there are serious and continu
37、ing limitations on the resources available for higher education.While higher education has become a great “growth industry“, it is also simultaneously a tremendous drain on the resources of the nation. With the vast increase in enrollment and the shift in priorties away from education in state and f
38、ederal budgets, there is in most of our public institutions a significant decrease in per capital outlay for their students. One crucial aspect of this drain on resources lies in the persistent shortage of trained faculty, which has led, in turn, to a declining standard of competence in instruction.
39、Intensifying these difficulties is, as indicated above, the concern with research, with its competing claims on resources and the attention of the faculty. In addition, there is a strong tendency for the institutions organization and functioning to conform to the demands of research rather than thos
40、e of teaching.（分数：5.00）(1).According to the author, _ is the most important function of institutions of higher education.A. creating new knowledgeB. providing solutions to social problemsC. making experts on sophisticated industries out of their studentsD. preparing their students to transmit inheri
41、ted knowledge（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to the passage, one of the causes for the difficulties of American higher education is that _.A. the government has stopped giving public institutions as much financial support as it used toB. America has always been encouraging young people to go to colle
42、geC. many public institutions have replaced private onesD. the government only finances such researches as that of placing man on the moon（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The phrase “impinge on“ most probably means _.A. promote B. rely on C. have an impact on D. block（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).A serious outcome broug
43、ht out by the shortage of resources is that _.A. many public institutions have to cut down enrollments of studentsB. teachers are not qualified enough for satisfactory performance in classesC. some institutions have to reduce the expenses on researchD. there is keen competition for resources and att
44、ention of faculty between public and private institutions（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?A. American society has failed to provide these institutions with adequate resources to meet their needs.B. Though in difficulty, these institutions are determined to fulfill b
45、oth research and teaching functions.C. American society has relied too much on their institutions of higher education to allow them for easy adjustment to all their functions.D. More resources and efforts of faculty are needed for research work than teaching work.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.八、TEXT C(总题数：1，分数：5
46、.00)Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can lon
47、g endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of the field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate
48、 we can not consecrate, we can not hallow-this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the liv
49、ing, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion that we here hi
